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Don't miss the Black Friday deal on True Royalty now available for Royal Central readers

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27th November 2019
The holidays are upon us, and if you are looking for the perfect gift to give that royal lover in your life, then look no further! And if you want to buy something for yourself for Christmas, Hannauka, or whatever holiday you celebrate, this is the perfect thing, as well. True Royalty is offering an exclusive Black Friday deal for Royal Central readers that will run until Monday, 2 December.
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Finding Queen Maud in Oslo

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26th November 2019
This year, it is 150 years since Norway’s Queen Maud was born. This is marked by Royal Central with several articles where we look at the life of the British princess who married a Danish prince and ended up as a Norwegian queen. In Oslo today, the city that Maud once…
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The lost tiara of Queen Maud

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26th November 2019
This year, it is 150 years since the Norwegian Queen Maud was born in London. Much has been written about the queen who was elected to be monarch together with her husband as a new Norwegian royal couple in an independent Norway in 1905. When Queen Maud came to Norway, she brought a lot of jewellery with her. One item from this precious collection has simply disappeared. It has been stolen and it…
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Christmas at Windsor to include gifts exchanged by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

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23rd November 2019
The bicentenary of the births of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert will be celebrated by a small display at Windsor, once the setting for the many Christmases which the royal couple spent together with their growing family of nine children. Displayed in the Octagon Dining Room, it will recall the ritual of the Bescherung, [‘Giving of Gifts’] the traditional German custom of exchanging gifts on…
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Historic Royal Palaces to mark 200th anniversary of King George III's death

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20th November 2019
Following a year of commemorations marking the bicentennial of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s births, next year Historic Royal Palaces will commemorate the bicentennial of King George III’s death. Kew Palace, a residence most closely associated with King George III, will unveil a new exhibition on the monarch next spring that outlines his life. “It was here that the young George…
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